The good life Flashcards
(39 cards)
ancient greek philosopher, known for his natural philosophy, logic, and political theory, founder of lyceum, the first scientific institute in Athens, Greece, one of the strongest advocates of a liberal arts education
Aristotle
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
Nicomachean Ethics
-Living in comfort and luxury w/ few problems or worries
-characterized by happiness from living and doing well
-content
Good Life
refers to the good life marked by happiness and excellence
eudimonia
greek eu means
good
greek daimon means
spirit
The study of good life
Morality
Good life includes:
good choices, good actions, good habits, good character
when can you say that this is good?
when it functions well and serves its purpose correctly.
According to Aristotle, happiness results from the..
fulfillment of one’s human nature.
repeated activity
habit
two kinds of habit
virtue and vice
two kinds of virtues
intellectual virtue and moral virtue
theoretical wisdom(thinking and truth)
practical wisdom
understanding
intellectual virtue
controlled by practical wisdom(ability to make right judgment)
Owed its development to how one nurtured it as a habit
Can be learned
Moral Virtues
The power that distinguishes us from other animals
Enables you to think
Reason/Intelligence
Firmness of purpose
Deliberate or fixed intention
Will
Giving rise to sense desire(pleasure appetite)
hunger, thirst, sexual desires
Concupiscible Appetite (Concupiscence)
Aggressive appetite
anger, fear, daring, surprise
Irascible Appetite (Irascibility)
When concupiscible appetite comes first, then irascible appetite, intellect , will
Disorder called Bestial
When reason comes first, then will, followed by concupiscible and irascible appetite
Ordered Life
The Intellect =
prudence
The will
Justice
The irascible appetite=
Courage